AMD said it was investigating a data breach by the RansomHouse cyber extortion group claiming to have stolen 450 GB of data by exploiting weak passwords used by the chipmaker's employees.
Threat actors accessed personally identifiable information (PII) and Social Security numbers of more than 1.5 million customers in the Flagstar Bank data breach.
Healthcare provider Shields Health Care Group suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive personal health information for at least 2 million patients.
Verizon’s DBIR finds that 82% of data breaches logged in 2021 involved a "human element" such as falling for phishing, re-use of stolen credentials, insider malfeasance or simply causing a configuration error.
A data breach on DEA's Law enforcement system reportedly granted administrators of doxxing and swatting website Doxbin and linked to Lapsus$ hacking group access to at least 16 databases.
Security incidents happen; that’s just reality. But how a company decides to handle an event says more about their values and priorities than their product. The recent Okta compromise reminds us of the damage inflicted when there is a lack of transparency between a security vendor and its customers.
Data breach on Cash App Investing platform exposed customer information of 8.2 million users in the U.S. after a former employee downloaded customer reports.
Globant SAS confirmed a data breach affecting a "limited" number of customers after Lapsus$ hackers published 70GB of source code allegedly stolen from the company. Screenshots suggested that the leaked customer source code belonged to companies like Apple, Facebook and DHL.
Lapsus$ hackers compromised Microsoft's Azure DevOps Server, exfiltrated and published source code for the company's web infrastructure, websites, and mobile apps.
Where there is data, there is a risk of a data breach. It is essential to implement protective measures for such an event and to educate oneself to spot a potential breach.
